Published: 07-12-2018 09:33 | Updated: 07-12-2018 09:33

Swedish Research Council grants close to SEK 17 million to MBB researchers

Collage of portraitt på Nicola Crosetto, Jens Hjerling-Leffler och Jesper Z. Haeggström.

Four researchers at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB) have together been granted SEK 16.8 million in project funds from the Swedish Research Council.

Within Medicine and Health, all funds have been granted for four years, from 2019 through 2022.

Project: Deciphering the role of programmed DNA breaks in aging
Principal investigator: Nicola Crosetto
Funding: SEK 7.2 million
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Project: Eicosanoids, from molecular structures to new therapies
Principal investigator: Jesper Z. Haeggström
Funding: SEK 4.8 million
More about Jesper Z. Haeggström’s research

Project: Dissection of polygenic risk for schizophrenia: genetics to experiments
Principal investigator: Jens Hjerling-Leffler
Funding: SEK 4.8 million
More about Jens Hjerling-Leffler’s research